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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-11-17, Page 9 (2)Ir 119th Year — No. 45 THE GODERICH' SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1966 Rare Saturday Away For Toronto Summer Residents On Ice By Bill Keern# " 'BONY -- Larry Jeffrey learned one thing last Satur- day. You don't lay the lumber on Gordie Howe in this part of Michigan and • get away with it. It doesn't matter if he almost tears your head off with an elbow. Grin, if you can, and bear it. Meanwhile the .major portion of 15,058 throats—Olympia's largest . crowd this season— growled their pleasure as Jef- frey was tossed for two minutes for high sticking and Howe scored with assist by Paul Henderson and Norm Ullman. `Naturally I kept my eyes on Jeffrey and Henderson most of the evening as the Maple Leafs ,eanre from behind to tje the Red Wings 3-3. Paul works on a .left wing; with the Wings. Born at Kin- cardine, raised in Lucknow, vnd now summer resident of Goole rich., Paul spends the warm months pushing ales and lagers for Molsons. Larry, of course, is a native of Goderich. He is a Maple Leaf left winger, who in summer, at Goderich beach bar, pro- duces the best hot dogs in Moron and Perth counties. ac- cording to my father-in-law, a Stratford connoisseur of • this delicacy. _: eY .' Cg°d c M /11-fi 7.AWMAY'etlir afs". son in the NHL Gary Doak. •'a -~ "If. he keeps playing the way Boston Bruins defe;nceman, who broke his ankle in a roller skat- ing accident just before ?train- ing camp opened, Ls back in Boston. (He has been practising, but there Is no indication when he will be able to take his place in the $ruins' lineup.) 0 It wasa rare Saturday night for the Leafs away from Maple Leaf Gardens. The first, they say, since Foster Hewitt started identifying the seventh day 9f the winter week as "Hockey„ Nioht in Canada." As one enters the press box at Olympia they challenge one's loyalty. "Goderich, you'll be writing about Henderson?" I played it close to the ves`.. "The way he's going every- body's verybody's writing abort him," T swered. Henderson scored a goal in addition to his assist. He skate.o like he has jets on his heels, and Detroit sources consider him the fastest in the league from a .standing start. Jeffrey picked up a pair of assists, and checked the hydrau• lic hockey player Howe until he looked like a gasket was leaking. Larry also killed penal• ties, a regular chore. It is easy to get speculation started eon whether Larry is going to hang onto a left wing he is he'll stay," said Red Bur- nett, Toronto Daily Star hockey writer. Jack Adams, the Red Wings' former general manager, also likes Jeffrey, who was -develop- ed by the Wings. He thinks he will make it with Leafs. The Globe and Mail's man with the Leafs, Louis,. Cauz, analyzed it a bit. "I* dunno, in' less than a month they, have to cut two guys, it cp'.i'd be Jet'. frey and Bergman, maybe -Stem kowski." ITe talked about how Walton should be in the NHL and how well King Clancy's son Ter. rence is doing. But Leafs have six defencemen and there could be a eut there, too, he said. "He's scrappy," said Stewart (Flinger) Bell, a Kincardine boy, who broadcasts sports and what not on WJR. What else d'idthe press box observers say about Larry? Well, they are worried he is not making his opportunities around the net count, and gets rid of the puck too fast. Paul• Henderson, of course speaks for himself. This is what Second Section Row 1ASA Ited Burnett wrote about him that day: "Paul, the first righthanded shot to make it big -at left wing in years and years, was given the Mr. Wonderful tag by his mates after one of his frequent o,ptbursts of oratory on his favorite topic, Paul Henderson —"Jack Adams, former Wing G -M and now president of the Central hockey league, rates Paul as the best player to move to the Wings since Gord Howe turned pro." A seat in the press box car- ries the added attraction of watching King Clancy in action. He's almost a legend, dapperly dressed and lined face like a map of Ireland. - "Come on Chief," he yells at George Armstrong. "Come on you (unprintable)," he yells at Howe. "H e y, (unprintable)," yells 'Clancy. Then,between periods, calm, and smiling, he gathers around him in front of the free lunch a group of sports writers and regales them with anecdotes 'of hockey days they are too yoUng to remember. s,d "MR. WONDERFUL" — — • PAUL HENDERSON MR. AND MRS. LARRY JEFFREY AND MELAINE ANN, BORN SEPT. 8, A WEEK BEFORE LARRY LEFT FOR MAPLE LEAFS TRAINING CAMP HURON COUNTY JAIL, SEAT OF FIRST COUNTY GOVERNMENT Huron County Government Five Months OIder Than Confederation By George L. Ellis Huron County Council, as a local governing body, • was in operation more than f iv e months before Canada became a nation. First meeting of Huron County Council was on Jan. 23, 1867, whereas it was not until July • 1, 1867, that the Dominion of Canada was form- ed. - Thus, 1967 will see not only the centennial • of Canada but also that of the Huron County Council Actually, the first meeting of Huron County Council was scheduled for Jan. • 22,' 1867. .However, a severe snow storm raged that day which detained the arrival of the afternoon Grand Trunk train at Goderich carrying reeves from the southern part of the county. Consequently, the meeting was postponed until the next day. Jan. 23. Dunlop Warden Even before 1867, Huron County had a governing . body except that it formed part of a larger council which had jurisdiction over a 'wider area. First, it was the council of The District of Huron with the fabulOns "Tiger" Dunlop as the first warden. Its first meeting vt'a.s at Goderich on Feb. 2, 1642 --almost 125 years ago. the District of Ituron then com- prised the present counties of Huron Perth and Bruce "as well as the townships of Biddulph and McGillivray in Middlesex County. Goderich continued to be the county seat for the "United Counties of Huron, Perth and Bruce" until 1853. In that year. Perth decided to leave -and shave kits own County Council. Then, in 1866, Bruce County did likewise, leaving Huron County Councila purely Huron •County government. When Huron County Council first met on Jan. 2,3, 1867, it elected Robert Gibbons, . reeve of Goderich, as its ,first warden. He had beeti 'warden of the United Counties of Huron and Bruce the previous year. The motion in favor of Gibbons was moved by Reeve Joseph White- head, Clinton. It was the ninth consecutive year for Reeve Gibbons to be warden,' first of the United Counties of Huron and Bruce and finally of the County of Huron alone. This election was regarded as an -enviable distinc- tion © since Huron County in 1867 was a comparatively popu-' lous territory. It was judged 10 be almost hall of the popula- tion of the then province . of .New Brunswick and about half more than the entire population of Prince Edward Island. Fol•lowinig were the members ,of the first Huron County Council, rh'any of whose descen Tants live in these municipali- ties today (the'first named was, reeve and the second named, deputy reeve, where there was - the latter office): Ashfield. Wm. Mallough, M. Dalton: Clinton; Joseph White- head: Colborne, Wm. Young; Goderich Town, Robt. Gibbons, H. Horton: Goderich Township, Wm. Sheppard, Da'vid Patton; G r e y. Archibald McDonald,' David Dobson; Hay, - Robert Brown. 'dames Smillie; Hulletf, harles 'Morrow, H. Snell: Ho - wick, Thomas, Gibson, James Perkins; . McKillop. J os e ph Evans; Morris, 'Alfred Brown, Thomas Kelly; Stanley, N. Woods. • Thomas Simpson: Ste- phen, Isaac Carling, John Par - .sons: Tuckersmith. Geo. Sproat, John Doig; Turnberry, John Messer; Usborne, Archibald Bishop; R. Creery; West Wa- wanosh, C. Girvin, Edwin Gaunt; East Wawanosh, Robert Currie. Official Salaries • Salaries for the various coun- ty officials were recommended as follows: county treasurer, $1,200: county clerk, $500: county engineer, $800: county warden. $100: auditors. each $40; court housekeeper, $160: jail surgeon, 8140: inspector of weights and measures, $85; local superintendents (per school). $4. One of the last acts, of the first session Of Huron County Council "was to advise its clerk to lessen his .stay in Goderich after each meeting to Tuesday and Wednesday instead of the whole Week. , Preceding the aforementioned meeting was the last meeting of the United Counties (Huron and Bruce) Council which was held at the Court House, Gode- rich, on Dec. 18, 1866. The ward?n referred to it as the last meeting of Huron council- lors in conjunction with the Bruce county councillors. The warden said. the councilors had "labored under many dif- ficulties and hardships during the -past years but he hoped they "were now drawing :o a close and they were on the eve of prosperous times." Warden Gibbons pointed out it was "the duty" of the Huron councillors "to settle fairly and amicably" with the Bruce councillors on the occasion of the separation of the two coun- cils. The sum of 100 each was to be paid the warden, clerk and treasurer of *the United Coun- ties Council for "extra services" in consequence of the separa- tion of the counties. Ate Together The Huron reeves gave "a parting dinner" on the evening of Dec. 21, 1866, to the Bruce reeves at Donogh's Hotel, Gode- rich, to mark the departure of the two groups in a public capa- city. Chairman Gibbons recalle-d that the 1853 Bruce County.sent to the United Counties Council meeting only one reeve and one deputy reeve, .the latter being sent home because of "defective credentials." In 1866. Bruce was sending 21 niiembers to the council. There were numerous expres- sions of appreciation from Bruce reeves Mr the justice shown Bruce representatives over the •years ., by the Huron reeve in the United Counties Council. Obvious good will pre- vailed as tse two groups finally separated to go it alone as a t'ounty council in their respec- tivo' counties.